Michael Picker

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Mick Picker
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Personal information
Full nameMichael Picker
Born (1989-06-14) 14 June 1989 (age 35)
New South Wales, Australia
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Hooker, Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2011 Canberra Raiders 41004
Source: [1] [2]
As of 28 January 2019
Relatives Joe Picker (brother)

Michael Picker (born 14 June 1989) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2010s for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League. He is the younger brother of Joe Picker and younger brother Ben Picker played in the Raiders under 20s.

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Playing career

Picker started his NRL career in round 23 of the 2011 NRL season in a 29-point loss against South Sydney as 18th man. He received the ball 44 times and ran about 35m from 5 runs. He made 16 tackles, and suffered a shoulder injury.

In round 24 against the Gold Coast, he had more luck, starting at hooker replacing Alan Tongue. In round 25, the Canberra Raiders played Penrith at Bruce Stadium. He played 20 minutes and scored a try.

His final game in the top grade came in round 26 against Canterbury-Bankstown with the game finishing in a 36–22 loss. [3]

Post playing

In 2014, it was revealed that Picker had retired from rugby league and was self-employed living in Crookwell, New South Wales. [4]

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. NRL stats
  3. "All time first grade player list". Canberra Raiders.
  4. "Kicking goals outside of football". Crookwell Gazette.